Star outside the Milky Way seen about to blow in closeup image

 Hey, Space Placers!

  

This is the 1st-ever close-up picture of a star outside our home galaxy, the Milky Way. 

The star is called WOH G64. 

It lies in a neighboring galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud, 

which is more than 160,000 light-years away. 

The GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s 

Very Large Telescope Interferometer captured this image. 

The bright oval is a dusty envelope around the star, which suggests the star is 

going through the final stages before a supernova erupts! 

Image via ESO/ K. Ohnaka et al. 

This is an AMAZING feat of astronomical imaging and interpretation of what we are seeing.

Get more details here and watch this short video.

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